"This is much ado about nothing," Beavers' attorney Victor Henderson said Thursday, according to the Sun-Times.

Beavers, who has sometimes referred to himself as "The Hog With The Big Nuts," summarized his stance toward the charges a bit more bluntly and slammed former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald. He maintains that federal prosectors only came after him after he refused to "wear a wire" on fellow Cook County Commissioner John Daley.